From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:41:44 +0000, yeti  wrote:   
      
   > candycanearter07  wrote:   
   >   
   > > Scott Dorsey  wrote at 00:37 this Friday (GMT):   
   > >> It's a shame that we don't have some process to establish open source   
   > >> protocols for use on the internet for these sorts of things... you know,   
   > >> like the RFCs..... nobody uses THOSE anymore.   
   > >> --scott   
   > >   
   > > People forgot what "interoperability" meant.   
   >   
   > I've already almost lost my voice from calling for interoperability so   
   > often.   
   >   
   > Sure interoperability does NOT mean that every key shall open your front   
   > door!  Maybe some just mix that up?   
      
   I remember when _Interop_ was a thing:   
      
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interop   
      
   And all the work they had to do to bring up "shownet".   
      
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